This just showed up today.

Now MonkeyFist is swearing a blue-streak as she's too tall to fit in our display case.  She's 1/7th scale and freaking ginormious.

Somehow I had the impression he already died. But that happened yesterday. http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/24/372535 ... -died.html
Don't have any Columbo on DVD so I think tonight I shall rewatch Princess Bride.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.

"Jet Lag"
by Simple Plan
(feat. Natasha Bedingfield)
What time is it where you are?
I miss you more than anything
Back at home you feel so far
Waitin for the phone to ring
It's gettin lonely livin upside down
I don't even wanna be in this town
Tryin to figure out the time zones makin me crazy
You say good morning
When it's midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
It's drivin me mad
I miss you so bad
and my heart heart heart is so jetlagged
What time is it where you are?
5 more days and I'll be home
I keep your picture in my car
I hate the thought of you alone
I've been keepin busy all time
Just to try to keep you off my mind
Tryin to figure out the time zones makin me crazy
I miss you so bad
I wanna share your horizon
and see the same sunrising
Turn the hour hand back to when you were holding me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSBKPkk4m4
The guy in the song thinks he has a lot of timezones to cover?  He's got nothing on Doug. 8)
Edit: can't believe I forgot to list the name of the band. 8P
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

Okay, so, keep in mind that I'm hard of hearing.  Not too bad, but bad enough that I don't always hear what someone said clearly.
So, we're talking about comic books at work and someone comments on "Crisis on Infinite Earths."  Which is not what I heard.  What I heard was an idea for an Ah! My Goddess story.
"Crisis of Infinite Urds."
I'm still trembling at the idea.

Need some help with G'nette here, as I cant shake the feeling that several of my slotting selections and power choices are very sub optimal...
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.93
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Garavornette: Level 34 Mutation Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Super Strength
Power Pool: Leaping
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Resist Physical Damage

• (A) Resist Damage
  
• (3) Resist Damage IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Damage/Recharge: Level 29
  
• (3) Damage Increase IO: Level 35
  
• (5) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (5) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (7) Accuracy IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Resist Damage
  
• (7) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (9) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (9) Resist Damage IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 35
  
• (11) Damage Increase IO: Level 35
  
• (11) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (13) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (13) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge: Level 32
  
• (15) Karma - Defense/Endurance: Level 25
  
• (15) Defense Buff
  
• (17) Defense Buff IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Resist Damage
  
• (17) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (19) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge: Level 15
  
• (19) Resist Damage
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 35
  
• (21) Damage Increase IO: Level 35
  
• (21) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (23) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (23) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Healing IO: Level 35
  
• (25) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (25) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Jumping IO: Level 30
  
• (27) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Resist Damage
  
• (27) Resist Damage
  

• (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 35
  
• (29) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (29) To Hit Buff IO: Level 30
  
• (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
  
• (31) Defense Buff IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Endurance/Knockback: Level 31
  
• (31) Damage Increase IO: Level 35
  
• (33) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (33) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (33) Damage Increase IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO: Level 30
  
• (34) Resist Damage
  

• (A) Range IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 35
  
• (34) Defense Buff
  

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 32
  
• (34) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Knockback Distance IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Endurance Modification
  

• (A) Focused Smite - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 27
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

Totally could use some advice here, since Purrfect Warrior isnt that Purfect IMO. Right now even with the EPP selection he suffers from the weakness all Dark users have: End consumption can massivly outpace recovery. Its not unusuall for him to suffer end detoggleage before more serious fights are done...
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.93
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Purrfect Warrior: Level 42 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Shadow Punch

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 40
  
• (3) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (3) Damage Increase IO: Level 35
  
• (5) To Hit Debuff IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO: Level 40
  
• (5) Resist Damage
  
• (7) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 40
  
• (7) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (9) Damage Increase IO: Level 40
  
• (9) To Hit Debuff IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 40
  
• (11) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (11) Damage Increase IO: Level 40
  
• (13) To Hit Debuff IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Titanium Coating - Endurance: Level 26
  
• (13) Resist Damage
  
• (15) Resist Damage
  

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense: Level 34
  
• (15) Defense Buff
  
• (17) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (17) Springfoot - Endurance/Jumping: Level 23
  

• (A) Impervious Skin - Endurance/Recharge: Level 29
  
• (19) Resist Damage IO: Level 40
  
• (19) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Damage/Recharge: Level 19
  
• (21) Accuracy
  
• (21) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  

• (A) Jumping IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
  
• (23) Resist Damage
  
• (23) Resist Damage
  
• (25) Endurance Reduction
  

• (A) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing: Level 42
  
• (25) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 35
  
• (27) To Hit Debuff IO: Level 35
  
• (29) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 29
  
• (29) Defense Buff IO: Level 40
  
• (31) Defense Buff IO: Level 40
  
• (31) Endurance Reduction
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction
  

• (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 40
  
• (31) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (33) Karma - Knockback Protection: Level 12
  

• (A) Accuracy
  
• (33) Damage Increase IO: Level 40
  
• (33) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 34
  

• (A) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Endurance: Level 29
  
• (34) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 35
  
• (34) Harmonized Healing - Heal/Endurance: Level 35
  
• (36) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 40
  
• (36) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 35
  
• (36) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (37) To Hit Buff IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 40
  
• (37) Damage Increase IO: Level 40
  
• (37) Immobilisation Duration IO: Level 40
  
• (39) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 25
  

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 40
  
• (39) Endurance Reduction
  
• (39) Disorient Duration IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
  
• (40) Endurance Modification IO: Level 40
  
• (40) Harmonized Healing - Heal/Endurance: Level 40
  
• (40) Disorient Duration IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
  

• (A) Damage Increase IO: Level 30
  

• (A) Quickfoot - Endurance/RunSpeed: Level 18
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

Starting this Saturday, I'm going to be away until the middleish so of July, on a family vacation.  I might be able to post sporadically, based on internet availability, but it's not going to be likely for the latter half of when I'll be gone.
On a related note, anyone have any ideas on how to kill a day in Vancouver, and one in Seattle?  I hear there's a Science Fiction museum in Seattle, but other than that...
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

To me, this looks interesting/promising
City of Heroes Freedom - http://www.cityofheroes.c...ty_of_heroes_free_1.html
Issue 21 Convergence - http://www.cityofheroes.c...1/issue_21_overview.html
Letter from Brian Clayton - http://www.cityofheroes.c..._brian_clayton_at_p.html
I'm especially curious about the new starter Zone (Finally Galaxy becomes useful) and the whole VIP server.
Will you transfer toons there?  Or use it for Altitis?

I don't know how I missed this a couple of days ago. But all respect to Clarence Clemons. He leaves behind a legacy and a lot of great music.

Quote:Clarence Clemons was the unmistakable presence in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. His sax style was a throwback to the hot sax sound passed down from Louis Jordan, Big Jay McNeely, Junior Walker, and King Curtis. In telling the story of the band in "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (video below), Springsteen paid tribute to the day when "the Big Man joined the band." And he portrayed himself leaning on Clemons in the beautiful black-and-white cover of the seminal album that included the song.
Clemons died today at the age of 69, before his time, following the stroke he suffered last Sunday. Ben Sisario's New York Times obituary presents the essential facts. This account of the meeting between Springsteen and Clemons at once possesses the air of a tall tale and the ring of absolute truth:

Quote:Mr. Clemons's first encounter with Mr. Springsteen has become E Street Band lore. In most tellings, a lightning storm was rolling through Asbury Park one night in 1971 while Mr. Springsteen was playing a gig there. As Mr. Clemons entered the bar, the wind blew the door off its hinges, and Mr. Springsteen was startled by the towering shadow at the door. Then Mr. Clemons invited himself onstage to play along, and they clicked.
"I swear I will never forget that moment," Mr. Clemons later recalled in an interview. "I felt like I was supposed to be there. It was a magical moment. He looked at me, and I looked at him, and we fell in love. And that's still there."

Big Man, RIP

http://www.oregonlive.com..._citys_water_supply.html
Submitted without comment - I have no background or experience in this.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies